A North Carolina tax preparer, who charged some clients up to $3,000 for preparing tax returns, has been sentenced to 22 months in prison. Karen Marie Jones of Durham, N.C., must also pay $1,264,493 in restitution to the United States and undergo three years of supervised release.

Efiled returns from paid preparers increased their pace over 2020 tax season results while efiles from do-it-yourselfers failed to gain on last year’s total. That summarize the statistics the Internal Revenue released for the season through April 30, compared to the period ending May 1, 202

 Bill.com will enter the spend management market with the $2.5 billion purchase of Divvy. The payments software company said this week it has agreed to the deal as it announced results for the third quarter ended March 31.